This week on Chemistry World
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Pi-stacking better without the aromatics?
New computer models challenge convention wisdom about the role of aromatic groups in supramolecular interactions
Loudspeakers in your window
Graphene sheets could be used to make speakers for sound systems
Eight steps to foil antibiotic resistant bacteria
Further advances in a practical route to tetracycline antibiotics
Could life have emerged inside inorganic shells?
Studies on nanoparticle-based membranes suggest inorganic compartments could have formed primitive cells
Speedy algal wound response revealed
The method of repair used by a marine alga to rapidly heal breaches in its cell wall could inspire new adhesives
Nuclear debates call for public participation
Following Fukushima, talks have begun on the future of nuclear power in China
Metallic pick and mix with complexes
A simple method for removing a metal ion from the middle of a phthalocyanine could open doors to cheaper molecular storage devices
Cleaning up water
Dionysios Dionysiou tells Michael Smith how growing up in a region of water scarcity in Cyprus led to a career in environmental water chemistry
Funders unveil ‘elite’ open access journal
Three research foundations say they are answering scientist demand for an open access rival to Cell, Nature and Science
